Insole for boots and shoes



F. .3105 AND w A. Huon.

lNSOLE FOR BOOTS AND SHOES APPLICATION FILED APR. 1. 1920.

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tect-inc the foot. adhesive and it is covered on the top with a FELIX EDWARD RICE WTLLIAM ALBERT RUSH, OF NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND,

Insets ios. Boers am) SHOES.

Appliliation filed April 1,

soles have heretofore been composed of three layers.

By our present invention, the three layers are reduced to one layer, with the addition of a small Wedge of hard leather or other material securedon the top of it, near thev Waist portion, providing the necessary abut ment for the heel pad, such Wedge beginning where the seat ends and tapering gradually toward the waist. This resultsin a sunken seat, and the tapering of thevvedge causes it to mer 'e into the surface near the Waist, thus producing a continuous smooth area extending from the seat to the toe. A cork or cushion pad is laid upon the sunken seat soas to fill the recess after the heel has been nailed in place, such pad therefore covering the ends of the nails and thus pro.-

The pad may be held by thin layer of felt or other soft material which also overlaps the leather Wedge. It may be strengthened on the bottom with canvas. The overlapping felt can be tapered oil to a thin edge at the waist.

-The insole, consisting of practically one thickness of leather, is grooved and lipped, in a manner already known, and a strip of canvas or leather is stitched into the upper surface of ,the insole (by stitches sewn through a chiinnel on the underside) and is stretched over and around the edge of the insole and stucleinto the groove formed by the lip and continued so as to completely cover such lip. This strip of canvas or other material effectually protects the edge of the insole and prevents it from turning up in Wear.

The accompanyin drawings illustrate our invention, Figure being a plan of the in- Speciification of Letters Patent.

successivestages of progress.

1920. Serial No. 370,492.

sole complete, with the heel partly nailed to F '2 is a View of the same showing the reverse side or bottom.

3 is a central-sectionof Figs. 1 or 2. B g. 421s a corresponding section of an auxiliary detail omitted from Figs. 1 to 3. F igs. 5, 6 and? are crosssections (enlarged) oi the edge of the insole in three Figs. 8 and 9 are perspective views of the Patented Apr. 5, 1921. i

heel pad and of the heel end respectively of the insole together with adjacent parts.

The same letters of reference in the various figures denote the same, or corresponding parts. i I

a represents the main body of the insole, WlllCll lS continuous from end to end of the boot and shoe. 5 is the Wedge. e is the cork and 7 the felt combined to form a cushion heel .pad of known kind.

9 denotes the upturned lip of the insole (r and h the edge. j is a small groove parallel with the edge upon the bottom of the insole a. The protective canvas strip is indicated by and the manner of attaching isshown by Figs. 5, 6 and 7, the leather in being first channeled as at Z, before the canvas strip is is stitched by thread m, so as to occupy the groove j (see Fig. 6). The I strip is afterward folded around the. edge It and'the lip g, to which it is stuck, and is stuck also into the large rectangular groove or rabbet formed by the junction of g and it (see F ig. 7).

The canvas covered lip g is used for stitching the upper to, as is commonly known;

We claim An insole including a sole portion and a heel portion, a Wedge shaped member" forming' a part of the insole and secured to the upper surface thereof, said Wedge shaped member having, one edge thereof forming an abutment, a cushioning member adapted to be assembled with the above portions after the attachment of the heel and to engage the abutment, and means carried by the cushioning member and adapted to owrlap the wedge member for cushioning the upper surface of the Wedge member.

FELIX EDlVARD RICE. WILLIAM ALBERT RUSH. 

